Vehicle outside monitoring apparatus, monitoring service center, and vehicle outside monitoring method

Abstract

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a vehicle outside monitoring apparatus capable of appropriately dealing with an attention-requiring state when a specific target object other than the subject vehicle or target person is in the attention-requiring state. A vehicle outside monitoring apparats according to the present disclosure includes: a monitoring target information acquisition unit acquiring monitoring target information of at least one monitoring target located around a subject vehicle; a periphery information acquisition unit acquiring periphery information around the subject vehicle; an attention-requiring state determination unit determining whether or not the monitoring target is in an attention-requiring state based on the monitoring target information and the periphery information; and a controller controlling the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle avoids the attention-requiring state when the attention-requiring state determination unit determines that the monitoring target is in the attention-requiring state.

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         23 . A vehicle outside monitoring apparatus, comprising:
 a processor to execute a program; and   a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of,   acquiring monitoring target information including a relative position of a monitoring target in relation to a subject vehicle or an absolute position of the monitoring target before a monitoring operation is executed on the monitoring target located around the subject vehicle;   acquiring periphery information as information around the subject vehicle;   determining whether or not the monitoring target is in an attention-requiring state based on the monitoring target information which has been acquired and the periphery information which has been acquired; and   controlling the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle avoids the attention-requiring state when it is determined that the monitoring target is in the attention-requiring state.   
     
     
         24 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 the monitoring target information of the monitoring target selected in a video by a user is acquired.   
     
     
         25 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 the attention-requiring state includes a state where a moving body including a predetermined animal, a suspicious person, and another vehicle gets close to the monitoring target.   
     
     
         26 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 the attention-requiring state includes a state where fire or a natural disaster gets close to the monitoring target in a static state within a predetermined distance.   
     
     
         27 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 26 , wherein
 the attention-requiring state includes a state where a person as the monitoring target walks at night, and   the subject vehicle is controlled so that the subject vehicle illuminates an area around the person when the person walks.   
     
     
         28 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 25 , wherein
 the subject vehicle is controlled so that the subject vehicle outputs sound to the animal or illuminates the animal in accordance with a type of the animal.   
     
     
         29 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 25 , wherein
 automatic traveling of the subject vehicle is controlled so that the subject vehicle blocks the moving body or defends the monitoring target from the moving body.   
     
     
         30 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 25 , wherein
 a small robot or a drone mounted on the subject vehicle is controlled so that the small robot or the drone blocks the moving body or defends the monitoring target from the moving body.   
     
     
         31 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 25 , wherein
 a first avoiding process of avoiding the attention-requiring state is performed by sound or illumination, and performed is a second avoiding process of making the subject vehicle automatically travel between the moving body and the monitoring target to defend the monitoring target when the attention-requiring state cannot be avoided by the first avoiding process.   
     
     
         32 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 performed is control of notifying the monitoring target or a related person of the monitoring target of the attention-requiring state.   
     
     
         33 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 the monitoring target information including an absolute position of the monitoring target is acquired from the related person of the monitoring target, and is recorded.   
     
     
         34 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 the monitoring target is a moving body including a person.   
     
     
         35 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 the monitoring target is a facility where a person stays.   
     
     
         36 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 controlled is the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle automatically travels to the monitoring target based on a monitoring plan including a predetermined monitoring position, a predetermined monitoring time, and a predetermined monitoring travel route.   
     
     
         37 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 the monitoring travel route includes the plurality of monitoring targets.   
     
     
         38 . The vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein
 the monitoring target includes a monitoring target category, and an event to be monitored is set in accordance with the monitoring target category.   
     
     
         39 . A monitoring service center, comprising:
 a processor to execute a program, and   a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of,   acquiring monitoring vehicle information including a monitoring enabling condition as a condition that the monitoring target can be monitored from a monitoring vehicle as the subject vehicle including the vehicle outside monitoring apparatus according to claim  1  therein;   acquiring a monitoring request condition as a condition that monitoring of the monitoring target is requested; and   performing adjustment so that the monitoring vehicle and a monitoring client requesting the monitoring enter into a monitoring engagement based on the monitoring vehicle information which has been acquired and the monitoring request condition which has been acquired.   
     
     
         40 . The monitoring service center according to  claim 39 , wherein
 the monitoring request condition includes a condition that at least one of a predetermined facility, a moving body including a predetermined person, and a predetermined area is set to the monitoring target.   
     
     
         41 . The monitoring service center according to  claim 39 , wherein
 the monitoring enabling condition includes at least one of monitoring from a position where the monitoring vehicle is parked, monitoring by automatic traveling of the monitoring vehicle, and a monitoring enabling time.   
     
     
         42 . A vehicle outside monitoring method, comprising:
 acquiring monitoring target information including a relative position of a monitoring target in relation to a subject vehicle or an absolute position of the monitoring target before a monitoring operation is executed on the monitoring target located around the subject vehicle;   acquiring periphery information as information of an area around the subject vehicle;   determining whether or not the monitoring target is in an attention-requiring state based on the monitoring target information which has been acquired and the periphery information which has been acquired; and   controlling the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle avoids the attention-requiring state when it is determined that the monitoring target is in the attention-requiring state.